The story started with finding house numbers on a porch step on an old baby photo. It has ended with finding a house we rented in WWII while dad amputated war wounded at McCloskey General Hospital as an orthopedic surgeon & Captain in the US Army. Special thanks to Nancy Daniel & Patricia Benoit for helping me find this chapter in our family life!Story & phos here: http://www.facebook.com/#!/media/set/?set=a.4804409280532.2171524.1605123792&

Historian and former Hillcrest Cemetery Manager as well as columnist for the Temple Daily Telegram, Patricia Benoit, wrote this book on Temple. It includes a chaper on McCloskey General Hospital, now the Texas A&M teaching hospital. I've been very happy to become acquainted with her; she shared some WWII articles & phos of patients in 1945. You can order it here:http://www.amazon.com/Historic-Temple-Patricia-K-Benoit/dp/1893619966

by Linda Parker Woodward

Oldest daughter of 4 born to Dr. Sterling Glen & Margery Butler Parker in Oak Park, IL. Worked as corporate/technical writer for 45 years in Ann Arbor & Houston before retiring to Atlanta area. Daughter is Dr. Stacey Cathleen Heit, married to Dr. Larry Heit; they have 4 children, my GC. Various homes as troop train baby while dad was in Adak in WWII but settled in Decatur, IL in 1948-1960. M.A. in English, The U of Michigan; B.S. in Educ., Northwestern U-Evanston.